fear the sock
Feb 18th, 2008 by geekgrrl
So I made decent progress this weekend. I didn’t get a whole lot of knitting time, but I managed to seam the second row of squares on Ella’s blanket and seam the 1st and 2nd rows together. I also seamed 2 squares on the last row, but still need to block my final square so I can seam that and then seam the final row to the rest of the blanket. I also started the trim. I may do the trim with a single strand of yarn so I can try to use the purple Cascade 220 I have. We’ll see, it just seems a bit bulky but maybe the trim needs to be heavy to keep the rest of the squares from losing shape.
I started my first sleeve for Ovaltine. I really wanted to try doing the sleeves at the same time, but I couldn’t wrap my head around how that worked and ended up casting on for one. Then in class someone showed me hers, and it was as I imagined so I don’t know why I freaked out about it. I learned about short row shaping and 3 needle bind off in class yesterday too. I so want to go back and re-do my Ovaltine shoulder shaping using this technique but of course when I got home and tried to convert my pattern I became immediately confused. Drat, and I can’t go to the Thursday night class b/c it’s the only night for a whole week I’ll get to see M.
I also got a wild hair after class yesterday and started a gauge swatch for some socks using the Jitterbug I just got and the ball band pattern for socks. Then I got freaked out by the socks and ripped it out. I have no idea why I’m being such a baby about trying the socks. I guess maybe I should have started with some cheaper sock yarn…then the pressure wouldn’t be so bad? But today I realized I really don’t want knee high socks so I bought extra skiens for no reason, except maybe to practice. Hmmm, I have to get over my sock fear.
I am working on my first pair of socks. Technically, I guess they are my second pair of socks if you count the pair I tried a few years ago and ripped out.
Anyway, socks aren’t so bad. I’m even using the two circular needles method. I would, however, recommend starting with size two to three needles for your first pair. Size 0 needles are for the birds.
I need to take an updated photo since I fixed the cable problem I encountered originally.
Ohh, I may be bugging you about socks then if you have begun the mastering of them.
I was thinking about doing some socks for Matt first using some heavier weight yarn, but I’m so clueless about how to adjust sock patterns to my gauge that I’m a little hesitant. I agree about the needles though, damn the 1’s are so small.